Legislation to Eliminate Insurance Company Vendor Requirements Reintroduced in New York

Would prohibit requirement that collision repair facility use a specific vendor or process for parts or materials purchases.

A bill that would make it illegal for insurance companies to from requiring repair shops to use specific vendors or processes for the acquisition of collision repair parts and materials has been reintroduced in New York. Assembly Bill 6861 (AB 6861), introduced March 22, proposes to amend Section 1, Subsection (a) of Section 2610 of the New York insurance law that today makes it illegal for an insurer to require a specific repair shop.

Identical bills were proposed in New York’s 2013

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